Ok, first off let me say that I do enjoy Star Trek. DS9 was my favorite, Voyager is good and I am eagerly awaiting both the new movie and the new show. Now here is my problem. IT IS BEING DONE TO DEATH!! I won't go on about how the shows cannabalize earlier shows as this is a SE4 post. This is about the wealth of shipsets that are either already out there or could be created. Star Trek is good but it is not the 'end all' of all science fiction (that and enough of the Janeway slamming, she's not that bad.
. ). I love the trek shipsets but there are so many other sources that could be used for ideas (besides your own imagination.) We already have StarWars (very few though, with some annoying line problems on the mini's) and Starblazers (YES), and now someone has resurrected Space1999 (very well done I might add). But think of the possiblities (and the fun) of the more obscure. Here is my list of what I would love to see (yes my skills at moray, pov-ray currently suck, later I will hopefully release my own shipsets.) : Robotech, Battletech, L.E.G.I.O.N (dc comics), Moo1 & 2 (come on, where are those annoying Psilons??
), Warhammer (saw a partial shipset but when finished?), Wing Commander, Space Above and Beyond, Marvel Comics (Skrull, Sh'air, Kree, Starjammers {Pirates!!}). AD&D (Spelljammer anyone?), the Preditors(sp?) and of course SpaceBalls (would love to see them.
) There are tonnes more.(H.G. Wells anyone?)
I am not really dissing Trek, it is the archetype of most science fiction today and will be for a long time but there is just more out there.
Hopefully I didn't offend too many people, just wanted to let those with the art/ai skills know that some of us love the obscure as well as the established.
PS: EAGERLY awaiting the BSG shipset!
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"The Empress took your name away," said Chance.
Owen smiled coldly. "It wasn't hers to take. I'm a Deathstalker until I die. And we never forget a slight or an enemy." -Owen Deathstalker.
Why Star Trek??
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